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44. With reference to its general recommendation No. 34, the Committee
recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that rural women have access to adequate food, nutrition,
water and sanitation, taking into account international human rights standards
on such rights;
(b) Eliminate income discrimination against rural women as compared
with rural men, and improve rural working conditions by setting living wages,
with urgent attention paid to the informal sector;
(c) Ensure the integration and mainstreaming of a gender perspective
into all agricultural and rural development policies, strategies, plans and
programmes, enabling rural women to act and be visible as stakeholders,
decision makers and beneficiaries;
(d) Disseminate the text of the general recommendation in local
languages throughout municipalities with the aim of raising awareness about
its recommendations, especially among local non-governmental organizations.
Disadvantaged groups of women
45.
The Committee is concerned:
(a) That Muslim women, indigenous women, women with disabilities,
women migrant workers working and returning from abroad, internally displaced
persons and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women face a heightened risk of
violence, exploitation and abuse, as well as discrimination in political and public
life, marriage and family relations, employment, education, access to justice and
health care;
(b) That Muslim, indigenous and other women living in rural areas are
subjected to forced evictions and relocations as a result of large development
projects and extractive industries;
(c) That the provisions of the draft Bangsamoro basic law may undermine
the rights of indigenous peoples to ancestral lands and domains;
(d) That there have been alleged cases of extrajudicial killings of, and
gender-based violence against, women human rights defenders from indigenous
communities.
46.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Take measures to ensure equal rights, opportunities and protection
for women facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, taking into
consideration the specific risks and particular needs of different groups and
ensuring the full and meaningful participation of women representing such
groups;
(b) Ensure that the policies, projects and practices relating to
development and land governance, including those that may entail relocation,
are fully in line with relevant international standards, including the basic
principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement (see
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